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OVERCROWDING IN HOSPITALS LEADS TO SIX FLU OUTBREAKS
The spread of the potentially deadly infection comes as hospitals struggle to cope with the trolley crisis, which has led to little space between patients... READ MORE›
MEDICAL STUDENTS: HAVE YOU HELPED AT A HOSPITAL THIS WINTER?
Senior doctors took the unprecedented move of writing to prime minister Theresa May about patients dying in hospital corridors during the winter crisis... READ MORE›
NHS WINTER CRISIS: HOSPITAL 'FELT LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A WAR ZONE'
Senior doctors have taken the unprecedented move of writing to Theresa May, warning that winter pressures mean some patients are dying prematurely... READ MORE›
NHS WINTER CRISIS: WHAT IS HAPPENING AT YOUR HOSPITAL?
Patients are dying in hospital corridors this winter, senior doctors have warned in a written letter to prime minister Theresa May... READ MORE›
NHS BEDS CRISIS: SICK PATIENTS CAN SIT IN A&E, SAYS HEALTH MINISTER
Philip Dunne's comments 'ignorant and appalling', says Labour, as claims emerge of patients sleeping on hospital floors... READ MORE›
WHAT ARE YOUR EXPERIENCES OF THE NHS THIS WINTER? TELL US HERE
Dr Nick Scriven, president of the Society for Acute Medicine SAM, said many hospitals reported more than 99 percent capacity in the week before Christmas... READ MORE›
NHS FIGURES SHOW SHARP RISE IN PATIENTS WAITING FOR A&E CARE
A total of 95,392 patients arrived by ambulance at hospital emergency departments in England last week... READ MORE›
EMPLOYEE SUSPENDED AS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL KERRY CONDUCTS REVIEW OF OVER 46,000 FILES
The South SouthWest Group, which covers University Hospital Kerry, confirmed to RTE in a statement that it is investigating patient safety concerns at the hospital... READ MORE›
HOW ONE DOCTOR IN KERRY SPARKED RECALL OF 46,000 SCANS
Patients at the centre of the probe are from the hospital's catchment area including Kerry, North Cork and Limerick... READ MORE›
NHS EXPLORES APPS FOR CARE IN A DIGITAL AGE
The task at the NHS Ideas Lab hackathon was to find 21st-century solutions to problems facing patients, doctors and the NHS... READ MORE›
UK SURGEON ADMITS ASSAULTING PATIENTS BY SIGNING INITIALS ON THEIR LIVERS
Simon Bramhall used an argon beam coagulator, which seals bleeding blood vessels with an electric beam, to mark his initials on the organs... READ MORE›
NHS ENGLAND ACCUSED OF HIDING HOSPITALS' WINTER CRISIS ALERT FIGURES
The change in policy emerged on Thursday when NHS England issued the first set of weekly figures showing how hospitals are performing this winter... READ MORE›
NHS BOSSES SOUND ALARM OVER HOSPITALS ALREADY RUNNING AT 99% CAPACITY
NHS bosses sound alarm over hospitals already running at 99 percent capacity... READ MORE›
UNITEDHEALTH TO BUY DAVITA PRIMARY CARE UNIT FOR $4.9 BILLION
DaVita's medical group had 4.11 billion in sales last year, or 30 percent of the total... READ MORE›
A?300M MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE FOR SCHOOLS IS INADEQUATE, SAYS LABOUR
Labour is committed to ringfencing funding for child and adolescent mental health services CAMHS and ensuring there is a counselling service in every secondary school... READ MORE›
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FROM GUY'S MOUTH, DOC PULLS LONGEST TAPEWORM HE'S EVER SEEN
During a colonoscopy, doctors discovered a segment of a pork tapeworm, a common sign that a larger tapeworm is hiding elsewhere in the body... READ MORE›
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL UNITS FORCED TO CLOSE TO NEW PATIENTS DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGES
Lack of paediatric doctors and nurses across the UK also means care children receive is at risk, says the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health... READ MORE›
CHILDREN WAITING UP TO 18 MONTHS FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT CQC
Shortcomings in child and adolescent mental health services care mean some children end up experiencing a full-blown mental health crisis, she said... READ MORE›
NHS INTENSIVE CARE 'AT ITS LIMITS' BECAUSE OF STAFF SHORTAGES
Fifty-two nhs hospitals sent patients elsewhere in busiest week yet... READ MORE›
NHS ACCUSED OF COVERING UP HUGE DATA LOSS THAT PUT THOUSANDS AT RISK
NHS England has quietly launched an inquiry to discover how many patients have been affected... READ MORE›
'PLEASE DON'T ASK FOR TRANQUILLIZERS': DOCTOR'S NOTE TO FIRST NATIONS PATIENTS HAS CHIEF CALLING FOR APOLOGY
The note, hand-printed in capital letters, was affixed to the reception desk at Dr. Allister Carter's office... READ MORE›
ALEPPO HOSPITAL RAID: EX-ASSAD CLASSMATE SPEAKS OUT
Moments after the news of the aerial bombardment of rebel-held Aleppo's largest hospital got to him, Dr Zaher Sahloul reached for his phone... READ MORE›
BEST CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS RANKED BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
Here's a look at the report's top children's hospitals across the country U.S. News Honor Roll 1... READ MORE›
DEAL OVER JUNIOR DOCTORS' CONTRACTS WAS TORN UP, REVEALS EX-HEALTH MINISTER
Deal over junior doctors' contracts was torn up, reveals ex-health minister... READ MORE›
MY SISTER-THE-DOCTOR HAS GRADUATED - JUST AS THE WORLD HAS TURNED ON MEDICAL EXPERTS
Vice-president Mike Pence claimed the heartbreaking story of the 11-month-old Charlie Gard in England is a story of ..... READ MORE›
NHS NURSES ARE TOO BUSY TO CARE FOR PATIENTS PROPERLY, RESEARCH SHOWS
Survey of 30,000 nurses finds 53 percent fear quality of care is suffering, and some patients are being left to die alone... READ MORE›
CALL TO PUNISH GPS OVER ANTIBIOTICS
The guidelines say doctors should tell patients when antibiotics are inappropriate and refuse to write prescriptions... READ MORE›
AN ELECTRONIC REVOLUTION IN THE DOCTOR'S BAG
For physicians interested in the new scientific medicine, touching patients became a necessity... READ MORE›
POLISH DOCTORS ON HUNGER STRIKE IN HEALTHCARE ROW
Last year, the Polish government spent 4.4 percent of the country's GDP on health services... READ MORE›
NEW 'DUTY OF CANDOUR' RULES INSTRUCT MEDICS TO ADMIT MISTAKES
Known as a duty of candour the guidelines make clear that patients should expect a face-to-face apology... READ MORE›
'I DON'T WANT TO BE TREATED BY SOMEONE IN A HIJAB'
Tallaght Hospital cannot comment on individual patient cases due to patient confidentiality, they said... READ MORE›
APPLE'S HEALTH TECH TAKES EARLY LEAD AMONG TOP HOSPITALS
"TIMING RIGHT" Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans has been working with Apple and Epic Systems, Ochsner's medical records vendor, to roll out a pilot program for high-risk patients... READ MORE›
COMPANIES CONTINUE CHIPPING AWAY AT HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS
The average health care rate increase for mid-sized and large companies was 3.2 percent this year, the lowest since the consulting firm Aon started tracking it in 1996... READ MORE›
CALL TO SNOOP ON ANTIBIOTIC SCRIPTS
The suggested rules say doctors should spend more time explaining why antibiotics are unsuitable for many patients... READ MORE›
3D GLASSES CAN GIVE YOUR DOCTOR A COMPLETE VIEW OF YOUR INSIDES
Age 40 Title Founder of EchoPixel, a four-year-old, 18-employee medical-imaging startup in Mountain View, Calif... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS POTENTIALLY HARMED BY UNDELIVERED NHS MAIL
Of the 1,788 patients who may have been harmed as a result, 333 have since died... READ MORE›
DALHOUSIE MEDICAL SCHOOL BOOSTS SCREENING OF WOULD-BE DOCTORS
In an unrelated case that same month, medical student Stephen Tynes was charged with threatening to kill an associate dean and her daughter, along with others... READ MORE›
NEW LAW SPARKS DEBATE OVER FUTURE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
Lu recalls when traditional Chinese medicine TCM played a greater role in Chinese society... READ MORE›
NHS STAFF TAKING MORE SICK DAYS THAN EVER
NHS staff are taking more time off work because of illness, with the total now close to 17m days a year... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF PARIS CITIZENS QUEUE TO GIVE BLOOD TO WOUNDED AFTER TERROR ATTACKS
Hundreds of Paris citizens queue to give blood to wounded after terror attacks... READ MORE›
LABOUR DEFENDS JUNIOR DOCTORS AGAINST 'MILITANT AND OVERPAID' PORTRAYAL
Junior doctors planning five-day strikes are not unreasonable, militant or overpaid, despite what government propaganda suggests, Labour has said... READ MORE›
CHINA'S 'BAREFOOT' AFRICAN DOCTOR TO TAKE TCM TO AFRICA[1]
He would tell me, a doctor's job is to love his patients and serve his community... READ MORE›
'OH NO SWEETIE, WE ARE LOOKING FOR ACTUAL PHYSICIANS'
She flight attendant said 'Oh wow you're an actual physician?'... READ MORE›
ALEPPO'S HOSPITALS ARE RUNNING OUT OF MEDICINE FOR 100,000 CHILDREN TRAPPED BY SYRIAN REGIME SIEGEA
Physicians appealed this week for the West to airdrop food and medical supplies to prevent a complete collapse of the healthcare system... READ MORE›
DOCTORS CARING FOR DYING PATIENTS NEED MORE SUPPORT, BMA SAYS
British Medical Association's call comes as poll highlights impact treating patients at end of their life has on doctors... READ MORE›